diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/default.nix
index 732568291d34..965c7885416c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/default.nix
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cat $opensslPatches | patch -p1 -d "$bundled/openssl/openssl"
   '';
 
-  preferLocalBuild = true;
-
   passthru = {
     inherit version channel;
     plugins = fetchurl binary;